Zither (Yang-chin).The body of this stringed instrument has the form of a trapezoidal box. A lid is used to protect the sounding board when not in use. Fine, metallic wires, arranged in sets of two, three, or four to each note, decrease in length...

Lama figure on one side surrounded by 16th Century Lenza script. Reverse side has a border of Tibetan script from the same era that surrounds a plain disc. The varying properties of mirrors have been alluded to by writers from the Han dynasty on....

The standing figurine of Guanyin, Goddess of Mercy, on a bronze circular pedestal with a large flame-like nimbus. Within the nimbus and above the head of Guanyin is a seated Buddha on a lotus. On either side of Guanyin are Bodhisattvas, beings who...

Crew laying prefabricated, interlocking concrete slabs as the original riprap on the face of the dam. The protection didn't work and was later broken up and removed with the help of German prisoners-of-war from nearby prison camps. Replaced with...

One of the two Monigan excavators used to help dig the Supply Canal. The machines moved on pods rather than tracks, which enabled it to traverse the rough terrain along the construction site. The operator can be seen in the cab of the excavator...

Eastern red cedar trees are becoming a nuisance, but a University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate student to working to help landowners use the unwanted trees for biomass utilization purposes, often as woodchips used as heating fuel. This not only...

This came as a postcard with the following text: "Pullman Wash. 9/24/16. A picture of the main industry around here. Hope you have big enrollment and plenty of good help. Am finding lots of entertainment in the Ag. E. work here. J.P. Fairbank,...

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Charles Stephen dusts off 'Lincoln President-Elect: Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter 1860-1861' by Harold Holzer, the story of the four month interim between Lincoln's election and his inauguration, when the southern states began to...